Hip-riire



R. HARTENBERGER.

HIP RING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28. 1919.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ROBERT HARTENBERGER, OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WISCONSIN.

HIP-RING.

Application filed April 28, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT HARTENBER- GER, citizen of the United States, residing at Sheboygan Falls, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hip-Rings; and I do declar the following a hip ring of suflicient strength and durability, without great expense, but my invention has for its object to overcome these conditions by forming the ring of a plurality of sections sawed from oak or other sufliciently strong wood, said sections overlapping each other so that the grain of the wood is prevented from splitting. An inexpensive ring is thus formed, yet one which will possess adequate strength and durability to meet all requirements.

With the foregoing in View, the invention resides in the novel construction of the hip ring as hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper end of a silo showing the application of the improved hip ring.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the rm 1% the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a hip ring constructed in accordance with my invention, said ring being formed of inner and outer sections 2 and 3 respectively. These sections are sawed from hard wood in most cases and are preferably three inches thick and six or eight inches in width, although it will be understood that these dimensions may vary as desired. The several sections are curved longitudinally to conform to the diameter of the ring, the inner and outer sides of said sections are inclined at the same inclination Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Serial No. 293,181.

as the lower roof boards 4 of the silo, and the upper edge of the ring is beveled at 5 for nailing of the upper roof boards 6 thereto.

The grain of the wood runs longitudinally of the sections 2 and 3 and since these sections are overlapped and rigidly secured together by spikes or the like 7 the grain of each section runs in a different direction from the grain of the next adjacent section, thus insuring that no splitting of the wood shall take place.

The device may b inexpensively manufactured and shipped in sections, and may be easily assembled when the silo is constructed, and regardless of the comparatively inexpensive nature of the device, it will be strong and durable, and the roofing boards may be nailed thereto with more ease than usual, due to the shaping of the device for accurate contact with said boards. Since probably the best results may be ob tained from the exact construction and arrangement shown, it may well be followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may well be made and it will be obvious that any number of sections may be used, that the ring may be made in the two-ply form shown, or that any number of thicknesses may be used.

I claim: 7

A hip ring formed of inner and outer overlapping and vertically widened sections sawed from wood and secured together with the grain of each section running in a different direction from the grain of the next adjacent section, said sections being horizontally elongated, being longitudinally curved to conform to the radius of the ring, and having their inner and outer sides inclined at the same inclination as the lower roof boards, the upper edge of said ring being beveled for nailing of the upper roof boards thereto.

In testimony whereof I vhave hereunto set my hand.

' ROBERT HARTENBERGER.

Witnesses:

OTTO J. TRILLING, MARIE TRILLING. 

